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Structural disorganization of pronephric glomerulus in zebrafish mpp5a/nagie oko mutant.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 Dec 2012
Ichimura Koichiro, Fukuyo Yayoi, Nakamura Tomomi, Powell Rebecca, Sakai Tatsuo, Obara Tomoko
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BACKGROUND: The podocyte slit diaphragm (SD) is an essential component of the selective filtration barrier in the glomerulus. Several structural proteins required for formation and maintenance of SD have been identified; however, molecular mechanisms regulating these proteins are still limited. R...
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